Studio and Location Lighting Secrets for Digital Photographers - Softcover

Sammon, Rick; Koshlano, Vered

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470521252 ISBN 13: 9780470521250

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

Improve your photography with more than 200 lighting tips from a top photographer

Written by Canon Explorer of Light Rick Sammon and leading fashion and studio photographer Vered Koshlano, this guide is packed with professional advice on the essential element of photography: lighting. It provides detailed information and insider secrets that are bound to make you a better photographer.

You'll learn the basics of studio lighting as well as how to achieve special effects. A 90-minute DVD is included, with additional tips on using reflectors, diffusers, accessory flashes, and more.

• Explores the basics of studio lighting in various situations
• Features more than 200 lighting tips and secrets for planning and taking the most impressive digital images in the studio
• Compares available camera equipment, accessories, software, and printing options
• Covers post-shoot digital darkroom techniques and workflow tips and tricks
• Companion DVD includes advice on making the most of accessories such as diffusers, reflectors, and accessory flashes
• Written by two top professional photographers and illustrated with full-color examples

Studio and Location Lighting Secrets provides information from the pros to improve your photograpic skills.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

About this title

About the Author

Rick Sammon is among a select group of professional photographers to earn the designation of Canon Explorer of Light. Famous for his exotic travel photography, Rick has written more than 30 books and gives photography workshops and seminars worldwide.

Vered Koshlano has experience on both sides of the camera. Combining her experience as an actress with her technical expertise, she specializes in fashion, beauty, and glamour studio shots. She has been a featured instructor at the Lepp Institute of Photography.

From the Back Cover

Light makes the photo. Literally

Light — the central element of photography. Master the use of light, and you can create an infinite variety of moods with your photography. Few are better suited to show you how than Rick Sammon, Canon Explorer of Light, and fashion photographer Vered Koshlano. Whether in the studio with props and climate control, or on one of Rick's sojourns abroad, these lighting secrets enhance your photographic skills and help you create images of breathtaking quality.

• Identify the many ways in which lighting communicates

• Select your accessories with care: hot lights, strobes, diffusers, reflectors, and others

• Learn how to create movie-star and high-fashion effects, unique portraits, and irresistible baby pictures

• Meet the special challenges posed by outdoor settings

• Discover how lighting helps tell different stories with your images

• Make appropriate adjustments in Photoshop® to enhance your lighting effects even more

Bonus DVD includes more than an hour of professional lighting tips, tricks, and techniques involving reflectors, diffusers, accessory flashes, and more. See the DVD appendix for complete system requirements.

Includes DVD with Rick's favorite lighting and camera tips!

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470521252
• ISBN 13: 9780470521250
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240